Car-door fastener.



C. AI SCHHOYER.

CAR DOOR FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED Dec. I2. 1910.

1 ,226,706. Patented May 22, 1917.

CHARLES A;` SCHRDYER, OF OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO Q. & H.COMPANY, GF

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22,1917.

Application led December 1.2, 1910. Serial No. 595,861.

To all whom t may concern.'

` of the village of Oak Park, county of Cook,

and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Car-Door Fasteners, of which I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and 'exact description, reference being had "to `the accompanyingdrawing, forming part of'this specification.

The present invention seeks to provide an improved fastencrfor thesliding doors of railway freight cars.` Ordinarily, a sliding door issuspended from a track arranged above and at one side of the door way,guides being provided for the lower edge of the door and which guideshold the door in vertical position and against the outer face of thedoor frame when the door is closed. In accordance with the presentinvention, improved fastening means are provided in connection with theguides for holding the door in closed position with the lower portionthereof within the door opening. lIhe invention consists in the featuresof improvement hereinafter set forth, illustrated in the preferred formin'the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

Figure l. is a View in side elevation showing a portion of the side of acar having my improved door fastener mechanism applied thereto. Fig. 2is a view upon an enlarged scale on line 2--2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is adetail front View of the lower corner of the door and adjacent portionof the car wall. Fig. 4 is a view in vert-ical section on line 4l-fl ofFig. 3, but showing the locking bolt in the position indicated by dottedlines in Fio. 3.

'Ihe side wall A of the car is provided with a suitable door way oropening having posts B at opposite sides thereof. The posts B areprovided with shoulders within the opening which are preferably taperedor inclined downwardly and inwardly so that the door can be held inclosed position by the improved fastening' devices with the lowerportion thereof within the door opening. 'Ihe sliding door D may be ofany suitable construction. That shown comprises a frame al having' asheet metal covering d. The sliding door is hung in front of the door inany suitable manner which will permit this lower edge being held wit-hinthe cured, as usual tothe side of the car.

door opening when in closed position. In the construction shown, hangersE at the upper edge of the door are provided with rollers e which engagea Zfshaped track bar C that is fastened to the side of the car above thedoor opening and extends over the door l and into spaces c in thehangers.

When the door is opened and closed it moves in front of the door postsB, the movement being guided by L-shaped guide brackets K se- Inaccordance with the present invention, improved fastening means isprovided in connection with the guide brackets K for holding the door inclosed position with the lower portion thereof within the door openingand between the door posts B. In the preferred form shown, the fasteningmeans comprises locking bolts H mounted upon the lower portion of thedoor.

For this purpose the lower portion ofthe door D is provided withattachedbrackets G that are conveniently fixed to'thedoor by bolts g andg. One of the bolts g serves as a pivot for a locking bolt Hp The upperend of each locking bolt H is formed with a slot i through which thepivot bolt g passes, so that the locking bolt H can not only swing onthe pivot bolt g', but also can be raised bodily fora purpose to4be'presently explained. Each of the locking bolts H, in the preferredform of the invention, is formed with an expanded lower portion it andwith an outwardly extending part or tongue 72,2 that is adapted to litwithin a seat 1^: formed in the upstanding portions 7c of the L-shapedguide brackets K K. To close the door, it will be moved laterally infront of the doorway until the edge of the doorfcontacts with the stopor plateF. As the door is thus moved, the lower edge ofthe door willtravel inside the upstanding portions /o of the brackets K and as thelocking bolts H strike these brackets they will be swung to one side,the locking bolt H at the left-hand end of the door D passing easilyover the bracket K. When the door D is thus brought directly oppositethe door opening7 the attendant will lift or slide upward the lockingbolts H and at the same time will push or swing inward the lower portionof the door until the inner face of the door bears against the shouldersof the door posts B, and the locking bolts H will then be released so as.to cause their eXpaIldefl ill@ lowerfends it to pass inside theupstanding portions 7c of the brackets K K and to cause the tongues orprojections h2 to rest within theseats la of the brackets.

It is manifest that when the door is thus brought to closed position,the locking bolts H, coperating with the brackets K, will se# ,upperportion will extend outside such opening.

When the door is to be opened, the attendant will lift the bolts H andswing them to one side of the brackets K K, so that the lower portion ofthe door will easily move outward to the vertical position indicated inFiga, when it may be slid to one side of the doorway.

It is manifest that the details of construction above set out may bevaried within wide limits without departing` from the scope of theinvention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is T n n l. In fasteners for railway cardoors, the combination with a car having a door opening and posts onopposite sides of said opening and a sliding door therefor, o-f L-shapedguide brackets for the lower edge of the door, said guide brackets beingliXed to the car and having upturned flanges arranged to overlap theouter face of the car door, andV locking devices arranged to fit betweenthe upturned flanges of said brackets and the outer face of the door tohold the lower portion of the latter, in closed position, within thedoor opening and between said posts, substantially as described.

Copies'ofthis patent may be obtained for 2. In fasteners for railway cardoors, the combination with a car having a door opening and posts onopposite sides of said opening and a sliding door therefor, of L-shapedguide brackets for the lower portion of the d0or,said brackets beingfixed to the car and having upturned flanges arranged to overlap theouter face of the car door, and locking bolts mounted on the outer faceof the door near its lower edge, said locking bolts having slotted upperends, pivot bolts extending through said slotted upper ends forconnecting said locking bolts to the door, and said locking bolts havingenlarged lower ends arranged to lit between the upturned flanges ofsaidguide brackets and the outer face of the door to hold the lower portionof the door, in closed position, within the door opening and betweensaid posts, substan# tially as described.

ln fasteners for railway car doors, the combination, with a car havinga. door opening anda sliding door therefor, of L-shaped guide bracketsfor the lower edge ofthe door fixed to the car and having upturnedflanges arranged to overlap the outer face of the car door, and pivoted,vertically movf able locking boltsmounted on the outer face of the doornear its lower end and arranged to it within said guide brackets to holdthe lower portion of the door within the door opening in closedposition, said locking bolts having outwardly projecting lugs and theouter, upturned flangesy of said brackets having seats for said lugs,substantially as described CHARLES A. scHnoYER.

Witnesses:

FRED. Gr. CHAPLIN, O'r'ro T. R. BERNER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of4 Patents,

Washington, D. C." l

